GUYS: HOW MUCH WOUND U SPEND ON A RING

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  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
    I will, if we can afford it, get a real diamond on our tenth anniversary but I want to find that looks just like the one I have now, and to be honest, I really don't care if I ever get a real diamond anyway as long as I have him by my side!
    Now you've got me all sappy and misty-eyed... for all those people who have lost their better half, which would they rather have, a giant rock, or their loved one by their side?
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    ...remember ladies, you're going to give the ring back later when it's over, right? So, it shouldn't really matter to you at all.

    inorite. you should totally quote that thread here. so we can see who the hipocrites are.

    LOL. More work than it's worth, but yeah, that would be funny.

    Wait if the contract is to get married then if she does marry him the contract has been fulfilled, so she gets to keep the ring?
  • trgejessie
    trgejessie Posts: 3 Member
    I never really understood why some couples go overboard over a diamond ring anyway...The way I see it, the marriage is just beginning. Save the expensive ring for the 10th wedding anniversary and renew your vows. After 10 years with the same person and learning all the things you love and DONT love so much, you deserve it. lol
  • crandos
    crandos Posts: 377 Member
    depends on how much i love her...
  • tartsul
    tartsul Posts: 298 Member
    we found a ring i really liked at some jewelry store (we were just looking for ideas, not seriously buying), and eventually took a picture of it to a guy who made jewelry that had been recommended to us. he made the exact same ring for much less. at the original store, the setting alone was 5k, along with a fake center stone. our jeweler made the exact same thing for a lot less and the center stone is real. we had it appraised for insurance purposes along with the band (which he designed especially for me) and it came out way over what the original store was charging for the setting alone. i'm not exactly sure how all the numbers break down (i didn't want to know), but my husband told me that we definitely came out on top. and i got the ring i really wanted! so, try and see if you can find someone reputable to make something!!!

    oh and my husbands ring, made out of tungsten, was like $92. :)
  • TripZeros
    TripZeros Posts: 144 Member
    My husband spent $500 on my engagement ring and I picked my wedding ring out for $150 (Originally 900, but I got it on super sale).

    I was 18 at the time, he was 21, we had just moved out into the world, on our own. $500 was a lot of money to us...So, it really just depends on what is comfortable for your budget. If he's buying it, then it should be what's comfortable for his budget. If he wants to make payments, fine. Back then my husband was terrified of debt, payments, anything that wasn't done in cash, so there was NO WAY I'd push him into having to make payments on a ring...

    Also, they have "trade up" options. You can sell your ring back to the jewelry store and get a bigger diamond/more expensive ring if you want to. I had the jewelry lady tell me this so many times it made me sad... I'll be keeping my $500 engagement ring and my $150 wedding ring. It represents what we were when we started out and I just could never trade that in.
  • OhSnap779
    OhSnap779 Posts: 71 Member
    ...remember ladies, you're going to give the ring back later when it's over, right? So, it shouldn't really matter to you at all.

    I did...sort of. Well, if he would have caught it before it went over the fence he was standing near.
  • hOw2lozeAgiN10dAze
    hOw2lozeAgiN10dAze Posts: 1,841 Member
    I want to state right here that my first engagement ring came out of one of those quarter machines at KMart... No joke.
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  • technobunny
    technobunny Posts: 131
    when my boyfriend proposed we started with a modest ring, it was about $1100, 3 years later when we had a little more financial stability we upgraded the setting of my ring and that one cost about $3,300. The jewelry store has a program with no interest or finance charges if paid off within the year, and we are doing just that.

    Hope that helps.
  • TwinkieDong
    TwinkieDong Posts: 1,564 Member
    wow hard subject. I would say go simple. A simple gold band for one another. No diamond no extras.

    It is strictly symbolism not an investment vessel.
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  • lizbeths88
    lizbeths88 Posts: 19
    It depends what you like. My hubby bought me one and I put it in a ring box with his ring as well because we never wore them and....we lost them! Good thing they were pretty cheap and only a couple hundred dollars. Now we just don't have any and that's ok because I don't like jewelry and I can't wear any to work. I do however, expect a decent one in a few years when we have a more "appropriate" wedding.
  • lizbeths88
    lizbeths88 Posts: 19
    I want to state right here that my first engagement ring came out of one of those quarter machines at KMart... No joke.

    Did you saY yes?
  • NYgirl1990
    NYgirl1990 Posts: 180 Member
    My husband and I didn't get rings for each other. Mainly because I'm a very simple person and I didn't feel like I needed one, or needed some huge ceremony. Plus I thought that the money for the rings could have gone to something more useful. I also don't really like to wear rings because it makes me get eczema on my fingers.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    maybe you will get it back when someone who is wearing it crawls out of the TV with wet hair?

    RAWHAHAHAH! Say, what the heck are you doing in your profile photo? :huh:
    Yoga.
  • melb_alex
    melb_alex Posts: 1,154 Member
    the general consensus here is 3 months wage (might be the same everywhere else) but I think $3-$5k is sufficient.
  • hOw2lozeAgiN10dAze
    hOw2lozeAgiN10dAze Posts: 1,841 Member
    I want to state right here that my first engagement ring came out of one of those quarter machines at KMart... No joke.

    Did you saY yes?

    Yeah.
  • the_dude00
    the_dude00 Posts: 1,056 Member
    I want to state right here that my first engagement ring came out of one of those quarter machines at KMart... No joke.

    Did you saY yes?

    Yeah.


    That's like in the Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, when Bill & Ted propose to the princesses
  • AnguishLanguish
    AnguishLanguish Posts: 149 Member
    However much you and your partner can comfortable afford without feeling resentful! I am recently engaged and I do not know the price of my ring but my partner knows I would have died if he had paid anymore than 2k for the ring, my ring is BEAUTIFUL! I don't care what the attached price is :-) Best of luck.
  • chubaway
    chubaway Posts: 1,645 Member
    She can buy her own damn ring. I don't care how much she spends on herself!
  • Kindone
    Kindone Posts: 138 Member
    I haven't read through all the pages and I am sure, by now, someone has hit on the semi political side of this. It isn't even about blood diamonds (although that is a huge issue). I get irritated that the diamond industry is so manipulated and completely dishonest. If you read a little about the history of the deBeers Cartel you might be mortified. Aside from the fact that diamonds are in no way rare, it is a complete fallacy that they hold their value. Have you ever known someone to sell their diamond, even one barely used, and get anywhere near close to what they paid for it?

    Anyhow.. nobody wants to hear about that when they are getting engaged :) I have researched this and decided I want either a moissanite or an Amora gem when they become available in the US. If you knew the waiting lists for those things, they would seem an awful lot more rare and precious :) They are a fraction of the cost of diamonds, they supercede diamonds in nearly every way with clarity, color, fire, sparkle and hardness. They are worlds away from cubic zirconia. I am not cheap and I am also not pretentious. I like pretty jewelry and I am practical. I am not the type to buy a Coach purse for its name either. If it is really pretty and I love it... why spend all the money on the status it supposedly gives? Anyhow, that's me.
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    I think the best thing to do is figure out what you want to pay for something like that at maximum, then go for MULTIPLE trips to various places. Find something that she falls in love with and see if its in the price range... if not find something similar that has a cheaper price tag.

    That's what we did and we paid cash. If you feel like the ring isn't "all there"... wait a bit and put additional pieces on. We did that too and it works great. I'm blown away I haven't lost it yet after four years. I've NEVER pulled that off with jewelery before. Must be the love! :)
  • HeadsPoppingOutOfCups
    HeadsPoppingOutOfCups Posts: 115
    My wedding set was just under $100. His band was just over. I love my rings.
  • EricJonrosh
    EricJonrosh Posts: 823 Member
    Sorry I just don't get people who spend a fortune on rings and wedding ceremonies and get loans for that ish.
  • zytah
    zytah Posts: 153
    My husband let me choose my engagement ring. It was 300 dollars and it was on sale. I love my ring and it looks very vintage. For our anniversary he got me a ring guard to add onto it (also 300 dollars). Our wedding bands cost us less than 20 bucks (simple titanium bands) off amazon. Love them all. It's not the cost. It's what it symbolizes.

    We also had a small wedding/vacation/family reunion in Las Vegas. We spent 700 dollars on our wedding tops.
  • Donald_Dozier_50
    Donald_Dozier_50 Posts: 395 Member
    Absolutely NOTHING ever again. After 34 years of marriage, being married at me 18 and her 17, if anything were to ever happen to her.......................... I sure as hell would never do that again.

    are you saying you wouldn't marry again after your wife, or that you regret having married her in the first place? not sure where this was coming from or going?


    The meaning is simple, "After 34 years of marriage, being married at me 18 and her 17, if anything were to ever happen to her.......................... I sure as hell would never do that again"
  • bloominheck
    bloominheck Posts: 869 Member
    Absolutely NOTHING ever again. After 34 years of marriage, being married at me 18 and her 17, if anything were to ever happen to her.......................... I sure as hell would never do that again.

    are you saying you wouldn't marry again after your wife, or that you regret having married her in the first place? not sure where this was coming from or going?


    The meaning is simple, "After 34 years of marriage, being married at me 18 and her 17, if anything were to ever happen to her.......................... I sure as hell would never do that again"


    Sad really....:cry:


    But on another note, I would rather have a Sapphire please :heart:
  • Donald_Dozier_50
    Donald_Dozier_50 Posts: 395 Member
    I never really understood why some couples go overboard over a diamond ring anyway...The way I see it, the marriage is just beginning. Save the expensive ring for the 10th wedding anniversary and renew your vows. After 10 years with the same person and learning all the things you love and DONT love so much, you deserve it. lol


    You have got it 100 percent correct
  • Donald_Dozier_50
    Donald_Dozier_50 Posts: 395 Member
    Absolutely NOTHING ever again. After 34 years of marriage, being married at me 18 and her 17, if anything were to ever happen to her.......................... I sure as hell would never do that again.

    are you saying you wouldn't marry again after your wife, or that you regret having married her in the first place? not sure where this was coming from or going?


    The meaning is simple, "After 34 years of marriage, being married at me 18 and her 17, if anything were to ever happen to her.......................... I sure as hell would never do that again"


    Sad really....:cry:


    But on another note, I would rather have a Sapphire please :heart:

    Some things are once in a lifetime event.

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